Re: OT currency (was Re: Quoting styles (was Re: Antipassive?))

Well, the whole Queen thing might rankle a bit. :)



On 5/29/08, Tristan McLeay <conlang@...> wrote:
> On 29/05/08 22:14:57, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>>
>> There's been a movement afoot over here for years to abolish the
>> penny.  I think the nickel is now in the same category (more
>> expensive
>> than itself to mint).  So I agree,  both should go. Then we could
>> just
>> drop the last digit of prices, if not for those pesky quarters.  So
>> get rid of them, too! Dimes, 50-cent-pieces (a new design that's not
>> so frickin huge, plz; maybe nickel-sized), dollars. With no quarter
>> the dollar coin has nothing to be confused with.....
>
> Seeing as you're rapidly approaching parity with our dollar, why not
> just adopt our currency when it happens. We've still got 5c coins but
> no-one said you have to use them --- I would certainly be more than
> pleased if we got rid of them. Otherwise, it's 10c/20c/50c/$1/$2. The
> 50c coins are also a nice dodecagon or something like that. Look much
> better than the British non-circular coins, which look like they were
> made by a toddler (what's wrong with a straight edge?). And you can get
> dragged into the late twentieth century with real notes made out of
> stuff that's doesn't grow on trees.
>
> --
> Tristan.
>
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